InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. Marten noted that a year after Oracle acquired InnoDB, MySQL made an unexpected announcement at their annual Users Conference. Note: I am a micro-Angel investor in Eucalyptus. Share and Enjoy.

Oracle 229

Oracle Startup News Press 229

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference.

Marketing 209

Marketing Conference RSS Angel 209

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

More Is Less - I recently had lunch with a friend who is a highly successful entertainment industry executive. We were talking about an upcoming conference when he declared, "I hate PowerPoint. Entertaining slides are effective, as long as they do not distract from your story. Share and Enjoy.

Slides 258

Slides Duarte Santa Barbara RSS 258

InfoChachkie

MAY 13, 2013

Sizing John up, Dick asked him, "''Who do you know in the entertainment industry? The only other person I knew who was in the entertainment industry was Kim Shimmel''s husband, (so) I said, ''And I know Mark Shimmel.". If I''m gonna make a call right now, who can I call who can vouch for you?'' So I said, ''I know Tony Sheppard.''

Hollywood 241

Hollywood Startup Santa Barbara Carson 241

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44